A TAXONOMIC STUDY ON THE GENUS SALURNIS STL FROM CHINA (HEMIPTERA,FLATIDAE),WITH DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW RECORD SPECIES

This paper deals with five species of the genus Salurnis Stl from China, of which two are new record, Salurnis hesita Medler and Salurnis estora Medler. A key to species of the genus is provided. All the specimens are kept in the Entomological Museum of the Northwest A F University. 1 Salurnis marginella (Guerin-Meneuille) (Figs.1-4)Ricania marginella Guerin-Meneuille, 1829. Plates frorm Iconographie du Regne Animal, Pl.58, fig.6.Poeciloptera fimbriolata Stl, 1854. fv. Svenska Vet. Akad. Frh., 11: 247.Salurnis kershawi Kirkaldy, 1913. Bull. Hawaiian Sugar Planter's Assoc. Div. Ent., 12: 21.Salurnis formoanus Jacobi, 1915. Deutsche Ent. Zeit, 1915: 171.Salurnis marginella Metcalf, 1957. General Catalogue Homoptera, Part.13: 96.Specimens examined. 3♂♂, 2♀♀, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, 29 July 1985, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin and CHAI Yong-Hui; 1♂, 2♀♀, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, 4 Aug. 1985, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin and CHAI Yong-Hui; 2♀♀, Hengshan, Hunan Province, 18 Aug. 1985, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin and CHAI Yong-Hui; 1♂, 3♀♀, Lingshui County, Hainan Province, 18 May 1983, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin; 1♂, 1♀, Dinghushan, Guangdong Province, 18 May 1985, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin; 1♀, Jianfengling, Hainan Province, 18 May 1983, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin; 1♂, Dinghushan, Guangdong Province, 19 May 1985, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin; 1♀, Xinglong, Hainan Province, May 1962; 1♀, Baodao Village, Hainan Province, Sep. 1964; 1♂, Jianfengling, Hainan Province, 14 June 1983, coll. GU Mao-Chen; 1♀, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 8 Aug. 1978, coll. CHOU Io; 1♂, 1♀, Sanming, Fujian Province, June 1981, coll. class 1978; 1♀, Lushan, Jiangxi Province,26 Apr. 1978; 1[QX(Y10]♂ ,Labor University, Anhui Province,12 Aug. 1974. coll. HUANG Ju; 1♂, Wuhan, Hubei Province, 6 July 1958; 1♂, Jigongshan, Henan Province, 17 Aug. 1990, coll. WANG Ying-Lun and WANG Mei-Nan; 3♀♀, Guilin, Guangxi Province, 28 Aug 1974, coll. CHOU Io and LU Zheng; 1♀, Jinbao Commune, Guangxi Province, 3 June 1984, coll. WU Zheng-Ling and LU Xiao-Lin; 1♂, Bobai Guangxi Province, 7 June 1985, coll. WANG Yi-Jian; 1♂, Lingtian commune, Guangxi Province, 3 June 1984, coll. WU Zheng-Ling and LU Xiao-Lin.2 Salurnis lastendis Medler (Figs.5-8)Salurnis lastendis Medler, 1992. Oriental Insects, 26: 14, fig. 17.Specimens examined. 1♂, Badong, Hubei Province, 23 July 1977, coll. LIU Sheng-Li; 5♀♀, Sanxia Forestry Centre, Badong, Hubei Province, alt. 80m, 17 Apr. 1994, coll. YAO Jian; 1♂, Jiangding Village, Wushan, Sichuan Province, alt. 110m, 4 May 1994, coll. LI Fa-Sheng.3 Salurnis bipunctata (Walker) (Figs.9-12)Poeciloptera bipunctata Walker, 1862. Jour. Ent., 1: 312.Salurnis uniformis Distant, 1906. Fauna of British India. 3: 419.Pulastya abbreviate Distant, 1914. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 8(13): 419.Phyllyphanta bipuctata Metcalf, 1957. General Catalogue Homoptera, Part 13: 184Salurnis bipunctata, Medler, 1992. Oriental Insects, 26:11. Specimens examined. 18♂♂, 16♀♀, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, July 1986, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin; 1♀, Hengshan, Hunan Province, 7 Aug. 1985, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin and CHAI Yong-Hui; 3♂♂, 4♀♀, Hengshan, Hunan Province, 10 July 1985, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin and CHAI Yong-Hui; 3♂♂, 17♀, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, 26 June 1985, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin and CHAI Yong-Hui; 1♀, Bobai, Guangxi Province, 9 Oct. 1980, coll. LI Yong-Quan; 1♂, Mengla County, Yunnan Province, 8 May 1991, coll. WANG Ying-Lun and CAI Wan-Zhi; 2♂♂, Baoting County, Hainan Province, 13 Apr. 1984, coll. LIU Sheng-Li; 1♀, Baoting County, Hainan Province, 15 Apr. 1984, coll. LIU Sheng-Li; 1♂, 1♀, Janfengling, Hainan Province, 15 July 1984, coll. PING Zheng-Ming; 1♀, Janfengling, Hainan Province, 18 May 1988, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin; 1♀, Xinglong, Hainan Province, 26 Apr. 1983, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin; 1♀, Lingshui, Hainan Province, 4 May 1983, coll. ZHANG Ya-Lin; 1♀, Lian County, Guangdong Province, 20 July 1962, coll. ZHENG Le-Yi and CHENG Han-Hua; 1♀, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, 13 Apr. 1963, coll. CHOU Io; 1♀ , Jinghong Tropic Botanical Garden, Yunnan Province, 10 Apr. 1982, coll. WANG Su-Mei and CHOU Jing-Ruo.4 Salurnis hesita Medler, New record to China (Figs.13-16, 21)Salurnis hesita Medler, 1992, Oriental Insects, 26: 10, fig.12.Specimens examined. 1♀ , Menglun, Yunnan Province, 21/30 Apr. 1974, coll. CHOU Io, YUAN Feng and HUN Yin-Yue; 1♀ , Ruili, Yunnan Province, 25 Oct. 1981, coll. SHEN Fa; 1♂, 1♀ , Mengla County, Yunnan Province, 5 May 1991, coll. WANG Ying-Lun and CAI Wang-Zhi; 1♀ , Mengla, Yunnan Province, 8 May 1991, coll. WANG Ying-Lun and CAI Wang-Zhi; 1♀ , Daluo, Yunnan Province, 31 May 1991, coll. WANG Ying-Lun and CAI Wan-Zhi.5 Salurnis estora Medler, New record to China (Figs.17-20, 22)Salurnis estora Medler, 1992, Oriental Insects, 26: 12, fig.14.Specimens examined. 1♂, Lincang, Yunnan Province; 1♀ , Sanchahe, Mengyang, Yunnan Province, alt. 1 100m, 22 Apr. 1979, coll. HU Jia-Yu; 1♀ , Menglun, Yunnan Province, 10 May 1984; 1♀ , Nada, Hainan Province, 23/24 Aug. 1974, coll. CHOU Io and LU Zheng.